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Month: April 2006

  • Aqaba to get a 5 Billion dollar city around a new lagoon

    The project that was talked about yesterday was unveiled Saturday: A 5 Billion dollar new city north of Aqaba. What’s interesting in the announcement is that this development seems to be more ‘middle class’, stressing the positive social effect of the project. Also note the ‘3 to 5 star hotel’ bit. Projects on the beach…

  • Are you still using Internet Explorer?

    WEB | Even if you are Microsoft, a fiery fox can still cause you a headache, Ahmad Humeid reports. Just a few years ago, it seemed that the Microsoft’s Internet Explorer has achieved absolute and final victory in the browser wars. With the advent of the commercial internet a decade ago, the king of browsers…

  • Hariri, Dahabi to reveal 7-10 Billion dollar project in Aqaba!

    This was in today Jordan Times.. MENAFN – Middle East North Africa . Financial Network News: Hariri, Dahabi to reveal mega-project in Aqaba on Saturday : AMMAN — A new multibillion large-scale urban regeneration project in the Aqaba Special Economic Zone (ASEZ) is due to be announced on Saturday. The project will be announced by…

  • Macs run Windows: The Arab perspective

    The blogosphere is ablaze with news about Boot Camp, Apple new booting software that allows new Intel based macs to natively run Windows (no emulation here). Even Wall Street is taking notice. The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW): It seems that the geeks like you and me aren’t the only ones excited about Apple’s release of…

  • The strangely attractive 70’s architecture of Kuwait

    I’m back in Amman now. I finally had the chance yesterday to review the photos I took in Kuwait (with a camera generously loaned to me by one of my hosts). It is my destiny, it seems, to photograph Arab cities from a speeding car, as I try to record my impressions between business meetings.…

  • Kuwait: The Towers

    Couldn’t pass by them without taking a photo, even through the only cam I have is the one on my Nokia 6600! These towers are really something. They are more impressive than I imagined. Here’s some info on the towers. Read these related posts on 360east: The tallest towers of dubai (and the tallest post…

  • In Kuwait

    I just arrived in Kuwait. It’s my first time here. The hotel has free internet access and I just used Skype to call home and the office in Amman. I forgot my camera at home. I still hope I’ll be able to do some snapshots with my phone camera. In the car that brought me…

  • Quick update on Amman Bus Map project

    I’ve had an excellent response from many people regarding the Amman Bus Map project. Many have shown an interest to volunteer and other have offered information and advice. I hope we can convene a kick of meeting for the project sometime next week. My friend Qais in Dubai, who just came back from a tour…

  • Play 99.6 April Fooled us!

    That was one amazing April’s fools joke! Ammar really DID hear the promo. But the ‘nice bod’ man will not be making an appearance as a host of the Fine morning show! Although he did appear on air today saying ‘April’s Fools’. Yes indeed that was the man himself. Read these related posts on 360east:…

  • I am shock! I am strange! I am really strange!

    Just read this on Ammar’s blog: Hassan Ahmad has his own show! – Ammar Ibrahim’s blog: This is NOT April’s fool, on my way to the office I was listenin’ to Play. And I swear I heard some weird promo, it goes like this( well sort of ):”And now, the voice that rocked Jordan, Oooh…

  • The amazing Arab female blogger power!

    The votes for the best bloggers on toot have been tallied for March 2006. I can’t say that we have been overwhelmed with votes. After we changed the voting system to become more strict (requiring email confirms), voting activity really took a nosedive in March. Instead of hundreds of votes we got only 22 for…